Longhua Temple - free prayer circuit, Song-dynasty pagoda & vegetarian noodles

What you’ll do

Visit Longhua Temple and explore its vegetarian food options.

Best for

Travellers who want a temple visit with local vegetarian food rather than a guided workshop.

Travel party

Solo, Couple, Friends

Skip this if

Travellers who need every practical detail confirmed before booking.

How long

Allow roughly half a day for a slow visit; the main temple visit often takes about 1.5 hours.

Cost per person

CNY 0–15

When it opens

7am–4:30pm; entry stops at 4:30pm. Vegetarian dining runs 7am–3:30pm and the sutra hall 9am–3:30pm, except on major worship days.

Best time to go

Try 7–8am or after 2pm on a weekday; weekends and lunar-calendar worship mornings are busiest.

Do I need to book?

Walk-in

How early?

Same day

Can foreign visitors join?

Foreign visitors can enter without a reservation.

Language help

Medium to high — signs and guidance are in Chinese.

How to book

Free entry; no reservation required.

Where to book

We have not found a booking option we are confident recommending yet.

How we checked it

Verified · 2026-09-22

Sources agree on the address, 7:00-16:30 opening with last entry 16:30, and free sutra copying on both sides of the central axis from 9:00 to 15:30, suspended during dharma assemblies. The on-site price board shows Luohan noodles at 15 with free refills and vegetarian duck at 10. Whether entry itself is free conflicts: Ctrip lists 0 with no ticket types, while other guides quote a 10-yuan incense ticket, so the free end of the range is carried with the conflict noted. Metro Lines 11 and 12 to Longhua.

Trip.com source ↗ · checked 2026-09-22